Autopsies released for teens in Windermere officer's killing

The teenage couple suspected of killing Windermere police Officer Robert German in late March each died from a single gunshot to the head, according to autopsy reports released Wednesday, ruling their deaths suicide.

The reports, which were released Wednesday by the Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner's Office, reveal Brandon Goode was shot in the back of his head, and Alexandria Hollinghurst in the rear right side of hers.

However, the Medical Examiner's Office ruled that the muzzle location for the shot to Goode's head was "consistent with [his] left-handedness." Hollinghurst was found lying across his body, the new report states.

The autopsy report indicates that when Goode, 18, and Hollinghurst, 17, were stopped for questioning by German early March 22, while they were seated "on a curb by a drug store" in Windermere.

The initial interactions between the teens and the officer remains unclear, but Goode and Hollinghurst, who were sought by law enforcement and considered suicidal, are suspected of fatally shooting German.

Police dogs tracked the pair, finding them dead in nearby brush. In addition to the gunshots, the autopsy found bite marks on the couple believed to be from the law enforcement canines, after the teens were dead.

Letters to each other and their parents before their deaths showed the teens to be deeply conflicted; at times they seemed to be planning a life together, but letters they left their families suggested they were suicidal.

When the medical examiner received Goode's body, with it came a small, pink-and-white gift box with a yellow and gold bow, holding "a white metal heart with pink stones," the report from his autopsy states.

According to the reports, there were no drugs detected in toxicology results for either body.